Blog Detail
MaJa - Learn Japanese the easy way
http://mastijapanese.blogspot.com
MaJa is a site targeted towards beginner level Japanese learners & also for JLPT 4 and 3 levels. It also discusses the Japanese culture & lifestyle.
Recent Posts
Japanese Adjectives – An Introduction
No matter what ever languages you use, you definitely need some word to praise, blame, envy, etc, Some of the examples are Cute, Stupid, Smart, etc. Hence, like every other language, Japanese also has its own set of adjectives with appropriate rules ...
Usage of small tsu - sokuon - Chiisai tsu
We already have seen the usage of Hiragana letter along with small ya, yu and yo. In today’s lesson we will see how to make use of the small tsu (っ). This small tsu is called Sokuon (written in Kanji as 促音). Small Tsu literally translated to ...
How to introduce yourself in Japanese
We already have seen how to write Hiragana in our previous articles. In today's lesson we will learn how to introduce ourselves in Japanese....
Combined Hiragana Letters
We already have seen Hiragana Letters with Dakuten and Maru. In today's lesson we will see the set of Hiragana letters that are formed with combination of ya, yu and yo.Uploaded on authorSTREAM by g33kyf3m...
5 Myths about learning Japanese
I was chatting with my school day mates this weekend about our good ol’ days. Talking about what each one of us are up to in our own lives, I said that I am learning Japanese. Couple of my mates were like, “Err! What for?”. I did not answer the...
Japanese Onomatopoeia
Onoma… what? Is that a Japanese word?Well, NO! Onomatopoeia is an English word meaning a rhetorical device i.e., the use of a language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance). Simply put, it is using words...

